About Dr. Janelle Gallant

Dr. Janelle Gallant grew up in a small French-Acadian village on the east coast. She is a wife, a mother, and a large dog owner (x2).

In May 2017, she graduated with an Honours Degree in Psychology and in May 2022, she graduated from her Doctorate Degree in psychology (Psy. D), both at the University of Moncton. Her honours thesis and graduate thesis both pertained to mindfulness, and both were conducted under the supervision of Dr. Geneviève Bouchard from the University of Moncton. Dr. Gallant has received support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) for the latter. In addition, the Canadian Psychological Association recognized her for her academic excellence, and she received a fellowship from The O’Brien Foundation for her research pursuits.

Cognitive Processing Therapy

Throughout her studies, Dr. Gallant has worked as a teaching assistant in child development and psychobiology. She has been a research assistant in the field of child psycholinguistics and on indicators of therapeutic success. She also spoke at a conference held by the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Child and Youth Mental Health on Compassion Fatigue. More recently, in fall 2021, she was guest speaker at the annual Atlantic Professional Firefighters Association’s annual general meeting, where she spoke on Resilience and Recovery from PTSD.

Dr. Gallant currently works as a resident in psychology at the Adapt Centre under supervision of Mr. Bernard Galarneau, Clinical and Forensic Psychologist. Primarily, she sees veterans and first responders who struggle with PTSD, but she also sees both adolescents and adults for a variety of challenges such as substance use, anxiety, depression, grief, to name a few.

Dr. Gallant is very familiar with approaches such as Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD, but she also calls upon many techniques from different approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive and Behavioral principles, amongst other empirically supported therapies. Dr. Gallant is fluent in both French and English. Service animals are welcome.